She grew up in Toronto where she studied violin at The Glenn Gould School, before studying voice with Helga Tucker. She received her Master’s in Voice at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, where she also completed the Opera Course. Ema was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2019-2022. In 2019 she won first prize at the International Vocal Competition in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Ferrier Loveday Song Prize (Kathleen Ferrier Awards), and was a prize-winner at the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) International Auditions. In 2022 she became a recipient of the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust award.

In the 2024/25 season, Ema revives the lead role of the Woman in George Benjamin’s Picture a Day Like This, at Opera du Rhin, Strasbourg, having made her debut in the role at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre last season. Following her tremendous role debut as Octavian Der Rosenkavalier at the Berlin Staatosper in 2023, an alumnus of their Opera Studio, she returns this season for Stéfano Rome et Juliette. Previous roles at the theatre include Lucile in Henze’s La Cubana, Christian Jost’s Die Arabische Nacht, Second Lady Die Zauberflöte, Schäferin Jenůfa, Giovanna Rigoletto and Diane in Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.

Elsewhere last season she made her debut at the Canadian Opera Company as Fox in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, and her prestigious concerts included Stravinsky’s Les Noces with Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and Kent Nagano, Vivier’s Wo du Bist du Licht with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Barbara Hannigan, Scriabin's Symphony No. 1 with The Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Fabio Luisi, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Munich Philharmonic and Mendelssohn’s Elijah on tour with Pygmalion both with Raphaël Pichon.

Previous concerts include Mozart’s Coronation Mass with Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg and Roberto González-Monjas at the Salzburg Festival, Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri and Mozart’s Requiem with the Staatskapelle Berlin and Marc Minkowski, Jaquet de la Guerre’s Céphale et Procris on tour with Reinoud van Mechelen and Nocte Temporis in Versailles, Namur and Brussels, Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Munchener Rundfunkorchester and Howard Arman, Mozart’s Requiem with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Adrian Partington, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella with Musikkollegium Winterthur and Barbara Hannigan, and Ravel’s Chansons Madecasses with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and George Benjamin.

An internationally celebrated recitalist, in the 23/24 season her partners included Martha Argerich, Andras Shiff, Charles Richard-Hamelin, and guitarist, Sean Shibe in concerts throughout Europe and her debut recital tour of North America, including her debut at Carnegie’s Weill Hall. At Wigmore Hall, where she is a regular favourite, she was an artist in residence, performing five diverse programmes across the season. Elsewhere, Ema has performed at the Pierre Boulez Saal, Konzerthaus Berlin, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and at the Schubertíada Vilabertran, Verbier, Heidelberg, Gstaad, Aldeburgh, Leeds Lieder and Toronto Summer Music Festivals, collaborating with Malcolm Martineau, Wolfram Rieger, Andras Schiff, Graham Johnson, Joseph Middleton, Kunal Lahiry amongst others.